Unity Church of Clearwater

Leddy Hammock From Celebrate Yourself! by Eric Butterworth (173-4): "God's love deep within me satisfies my longing heart and fills my soul and body with all that they require to make my life full and complete." "I am receptive and responsible this day to divine intelligence within me which knows the needs of my body temple. I will eat sensibly, exercise regularly, and rest sufficiently. I am free...

Leddy Hammock This is the year for moving on. This is the year of overcoming. This is the year for growing strong. This is the year for a new way of thinking. This is the year for making plans. This is the year for reaching out and this is the year for joining hands." "This is the chance to recapture the power. This is the time to abandon the fear. This is the moment, the finest hour. This is the...

Leddy Hammock Lyrics to "Illuminate" by Sloan Wainwright and Stephen Murphy "Light the candle, illuminate your heart. Don't be afraid of the dark . . . . Ring out the old, bring in the new, bless and release what you have to, and love with love with hope . . . . Ring out the old, bring in the new, bless and release what you have to, and love with hope . . . . Light the candle, illuminate your hear...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to "Everything I Need" by Sloan Wainwright and Karen Drucker: We have everything we need, for this place is filled with joy and grace to create a sacred space. I have everything I need, for I have faith and I know that there's good in everyone. I have peace. I open up my heart and let the love in. The gift that I receive is I have everything I need. And now I know,...

Leddy Hammock Stables, by Peter Mayer In Bethlehem a manger waits, long ago and so today, Where hatred-weary people pray Love will come and lay there. And so do countless stables stand in hearts as harsh as desert lands, Rough shelters in the wind and sand, so Love will come and stay there –. Love that opens fists of hate, heaps of gold on beggars' plates, Love that shows a kindly face to enemies...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to "Search the Sky," by Sloan Wainwright: "Search the sky for that star, star of light, star of love – bright enough to guide believers from afar, seeking their rumored newborn King. And when we wish upon it, we wish for our only gift, peace around our troubled world, peace within ourselves. Search the face of the child, shining with the spirit of Christmases in yo...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by "A Quiet Christmas" by Michael Gott: My heart longs for a quiet Christmas, far from the hurry and the noise, for peace on earth meets peace of mind. I can slow my mind. Just breathe, don't run away, just breathe, and leave the cares behind. I know I don't have to hide. I can find a quiet place inside. My heart longs for a quiet Christmas, far from the hurry and the noise,...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to "Still Yourself" by Richard Mekdeci: "Your path is true. There's a guiding light that shines inside of you." "Still yourself. Still yourself. In the silence you will find your way." "Still yourself. Still yourself. Still yourself and heal yourself. The strength you seek is just a breath away." "Strength flows from stillness like a fountain, Like a mountain again...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by "I Made Room for Grace" by Sue Riley): When I stumble, I won't be defeated, since I make room for grace. I stop resisting. I make room for grace. I just step aside, open up a space, and make room for grace. Now the blessings arrive every day, since I made room for grace. A Unity Thanksgiving table blessing: "Thank You for this time and place, this food, this life, blessed...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to "If I Were Brave" by Jana Stanfield: I refuse to listen to the voice of fear. So, the voice of courage whispers in my ear: "You cannot fail." And the wind always fills up my sail. Like the mighty oak sleeps in the heart of the seed, there are miracles in you and me. I am brave enough to move ahead, where true believers dare to tread, and never lose faith even wh...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to "What I Hold Onto" by Sue Riley & Melinda Wood Allen "With the hard-earned wisdom I have now, I wouldn't do again what my old self would allow. Letting go of all the blame and heartache, now I see. I'm getting closer to a new, more peaceful me. I'm holding on to what I want to keep. I feel lighter, I sleep better, its love that's holding me. Now I can stand back...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Steve Gillette in "A Little Bit of Solitude" — Thank You, God, for the patience to stand back and be kind. I keep my mind and heart always open to a sense of wonder. I know there's no such thing as falling under one "spell" or another. We know we're getting closer to a far better place, and we know we're getting there and we know what it takes. My "Godspell" is...

Leddy Hammock There is a lesson to be learned in every experience. Every lesson is worthwhile and we teach as we learn. Whatever we go through, it's what we grow through that counts. Life is a school. What we used to call "problems" we now call "projects." The inner Teacher sends a message: peace and harmony.

Leddy Hammock "Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet" — "The Higher Pantheism" a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson "All I ever wanted and all I ever needed was already there. Closer than the sunlight, nearer than the air." – "Nearer than the Air" a song by Michahel Gott "Multitudes in the valley of decision! Fortu...

Leddy Hammock From lyrics to "What Needs Changing in the World" by Freebo:   "What needs changing in the world, maybe it could be the way I'd like it to be: No more fighting in the neighborhood, hearts united for the sake of good, No more hunger and no more greed.  Everybody's rich, happy and free." "What can I do to heal up the world for me and you?  The more I look around, the more I see, I can'...

Leddy Hammock From lyrics by Karen Drucker – "Let Go of the Shore" — "Let go of the shore, and let the water carry you. Let go of the shore. Float into the mystery . . . . You have all you need. It's all inside of you. Just close your eyes and breathe, and know that you are safe. Let go of the shore and let the water carry you. Let go of the shore. Float into the mystery . . . . No need to make a...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by "The Infinite Surface of the Heart" by Sloan Waiwright, Sue Riley, & David Roth "Ever expanding, endless canvass, the infinite surface of the heart." There is more than enough room in the circle of my heart for forgiveness, acceptance, and love. There is more than enough room in the circle of my heart for the flowing forth of love going out in all directions to bless all...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by "Show Up" by Richard Mekdeci, Glen Roethel, and Claudia Carawan: I want to show up as love, hold the door open for everyone, fill the room below to above. I want to show up as love."I want to show up as peace, see no brother as the least, listen more than I speak. I want to show up as love. I want to show up as peace. I'm here to make the best of it – to give a lot and ta...

Leddy Hammock From "The Whole in the Part" in Celebrate Yourself! by Eric Butterworth: "You live in the universe and you are a part within the whole. . . . the whole of things is also within you, and there can never be a separation.'" "Wherever Spirit is at all, the whole of Spirit must be. And because God or Spirit is omnipresent, the whole of Spirit (Holy Spirit) must be present in its entirety...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to Karen Taylor Good's "Work of Art" — "I know somewhere, not so deep inside of me, lives that perfect soul that I was meant to be." My life is a labor of love as I work at learning self-worth and unconditional love of others. Fear and doubt fade away as my true self emerges. "Let me be the way I was created. Let me find a pure and simple heart. I'll chip away all...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to "I Can Do what I Can Do" by Sue Riley, Gary Lynn Floyd, and Richard Mekdeci: Look around, what do I see? Good or bad, it's up to me. My world reflects what I believe, Here's what I believe: I know there's good in everyone, I feel/know the best is yet to come. I want to love like crazy, shine like gold, be courageous, break the mold. I can't do it all, but this m...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Susan Clark to "Pray" — I pray about those who have stumbled, who seem to have lost their way. I pray that they are finding their path to a brighter day. There are no magic words for me to say.  I don't even have to open my mouth, for God hears me, anyway. I know that God forgives me, as I forgive those who won't. I pray with those who love me and I also bless t...

Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Jana Stanfield to "Let Your Life Lead You": I trust my inner guidance, for my heart knows its way. There's a current, I know, that knows where to go to carry me to peace of mind. I relax and let the river flow. I let life teach what I need to know. I let my life lead me where I need to go.

Leddy Hammock Lyrics to "In the Silence" by Jack Fowler — "In the silence, there is peace. In the silence, there is unspoken joy. In the silence, there's release from a world full of chaos and noise. So I wait for these precious moments when I hear all that could never be said. And right here, in this holy silence, I find God, I find myself."

Leddy Hammock Lyrics to "Expect the Best" by richard Mekdeci: "I know that I'm loved, right where I stand, I know I'm enough, just as I am. All that I want, all I desire, is now waiting here for me. The universe conspires to insure my happiness, so, I expect the best. I know that I'm loved, right where I stand, I know I'm enough, just as I am. All that I want, all I desire, is now waiting here for...